Morning Bell: The Unintended Consequences of Internet Regulation [Stop SOPA]

DON'T LET IT HAPPEN!! WOULD BE THE END OF FREEDOM!!

As upchuck says:

This should be attacked with the same vigor we show during a FReepathon.

Each FReeper should contact his/her two Senators and Representative about these issues.

The continued long term existence of Free Republic may hang in the balance.

It’s been tried before.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licensing_of_the_Press_Act_1662

The Licensing of the Press Act 1662 is an Act of the Parliament of England (14 Car. II. c. 33), long title “An Act for preventing the frequent Abuses in printing seditious treasonable and unlicensed Bookes and Pamphlets and for regulating of Printing and Printing Presses.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Licensing_Order_of_1643

Motivated by a desire to eliminate chaos and piracy in the printing industry, protect parliamentary activities and proceedings from its opponents, suppress royalist propaganda and check the widening currency of various sects’ radical ideas, Parliament instituted a new state-controlled censoring apparatus in the Licensing Order of 16 June 1643.

The Licensing Order reintroduced almost all of the stringent censorship machinery of the 1637 Star Chamber Decree including:

pre-publication licensing
registration of all printing materials with the names of author, printer and publisher in the Register at Stationers’ Hall
search, seizure and destruction of any books offensive to the government
arrest and imprisonment of any offensive writers, printers and publishers.

The Stationers’ Company was given the responsibility of acting as censor, in return for a monopoly of the printing trade. [2]

http://www.npr.org/2011/12/29/144417831/godaddys-suport-for-sopa-draws-customers-ire

GoDaddy’s Suport For SOPA Draws Customers’ Ire

http://castleford.com.au/blog/2011/december-29-could-be-d-day-for-godaddy
December 29 could be D-Day for GoDaddy

http://www.techieinsider.com/news/13893/godaddy-reverses-postion-thousands/
GoDaddy Reverses Postion on SOPA As Thousands Leave

http://www.pakalertpress.com/2011/12/29/bloggers-unite-to-crush-sopa/
Bloggers unite to crush SOPA

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/18062-more-than-70000-domains-leave-go-daddy-over-sopa-support/
More than 70,000 domains leave Go Daddy over SOPA support

More, not only was Go Daddy a supporter of SOPA, but they actually helped craft part of the bill and were even exempt from it. So, while other smaller sites could be targeted by the DOD for pirating, Go Daddy essentially has a get out of jail free card.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/12/28/on-eve-net-boycott-dump-godaddy-exodus-begins/
On Eve of Net Boycott, Dump GoDaddy Exodus Begins

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/technology/2011/12/no-one-cutting-go-daddy-any-slack/46749/
No One Is Cutting Go Daddy Any Slack

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/oscar-academy-awards-godaddy-276479
Film Academy Targets GoDaddy Founder As Legal Fight Heats Up (Exclusive)

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-57349256-501465/dumping-go-daddy-rivals-offer-domain-transfer-day-deals/
Dumping Go Daddy? Rivals offer domain transfer day deals

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/12/28/reddit-users-to-target-supporters-of-sopa-in-congress-after-successful-boycott-of-godaddy/
Reddit Users to Target Supporters of SOPA in Congress After Successful Boycott of GoDaddy

Oops, intended to post this right after the article:

URLs in this post:

[1] The Foundry: http://blog.heritage.org/

[2] Dajaz1.com: http://dajaz1.com/

[3] falsely accused of criminal copyright infringement: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111208/08225217010/breaking-news-feds-falsely-censor-popular-blog-over-year-deny-all-due-process-hide-all-details.shtml

[4] quietly drop the case: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/12/ice-admits-months-long-seizure-of-music-blog-was-a-mistake.ars

[5] fueling fears about legislation moving quickly through Congress: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111211/22524417035/congressional-investigations-into-dajaz1com-censorship-begin.shtml

[6] Stop Online Piracy Act: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.3261:

[7] PROTECT IP Act: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:S.968:

[8] shut down more than 150 websites: http://www.pcworld.com/article/245045/feds_celebrate_cyber_monday_with_crackdown_on_counterfeiters.html?tk=rel_news

[9] serious threats to freedom of speech and expression and raise security concerns: http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/12/online-piracy-and-sopa-beware-of-unintended-consequences

[10] Americans should understand what’s at stake: http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57329001-281/how-sopa-would-affect-you-faq/

[11] arguably a violation of the First Amendment: http://c4sif.org/2011/12/tribe-sopa-is-unconstitutional/

[12] most glaring security problem with SOPA is the damage it would cause to DNSSEC: http://volokh.com/2011/12/14/sopa-rope-a-dope/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+volokh%2Fmainfeed+%28The+Volokh+Conspiracy%29

[13] look at alternatives: http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/198135-issa-wyden-unveil-competing-online-piracy-bill

[14] relying on secret facilities and an expanded drone program: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/under-obama-an-emerging-global-apparatus-for-drone-killing/2011/12/13/gIQANPdILP_story.html?hpid=z1

[15] raise the U.S. borrowing limit by $1.2 trillion: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/201407-obama-will-ask-congress-to-raise-debt-ceiling-by-12b

[16] Iran’s navy chief threatened on Wednesday to block it off: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5g24n7LzTwAtsbznj1JgvSYlgiWyw?docId=478bf3f7a1c44af8b512e533bba8134e

[17] Home prices in America’s largest cities fell in October: http://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/la-fi-housing-prices-20111228,0,541656.story

[18] A new poll gives an answer that might surprise President Obama.: http://blog.heritage.org/2011/12/27/how-would-americans-help-economy-less-government/

http://lisalisax2.livejournal.com/52443.html
SOPA is losing steam, Internet censorship may not become law

http://www.gamepolitics.com/2011/12/28/epic-fail-lawmakers-support-sopa-while-staffers-download-illegal-files
Epic Fail: Lawmakers Support SOPA While Staffers Download Illegal Files

An alternative to Go Daddy.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cloud-computing-company-centuric-offers-reduced-399-transfer-fees-on-domain-registration-136365413.html

Cloud Computing Company Centuric Offers Reduced $3.99 Transfer Fees on Domain Registration

http://www.prisonplanet.com/why-we-must-stop-sopa.html
Why We Must Stop SOPA

Several valuable links.
Thank you very much! Please pay heed to Jim’s post #2.

Ping and pass it along, please.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/12/prweb9063249.htm
Domain.com Consistent on its Opposition to Proposed SOPA Legislation

http://www.itproportal.com/2011/12/29/dump-godaddy-day-begins/
Dump GoDaddy Day Begins

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16320149
GoDaddy faces boycott over SOPA Act support

Thank you very much, abb! You’re all over this important issue. Superb research and links! GOOD on you!!!

The 1520 version of SOPA.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exsurge_Domine

Exsurge Domine is a papal bull issued on 15 June 1520 by Pope Leo X in response to the teachings of Martin Luther in his 95 theses and subsequent writings which opposed the views of the papacy. The Latin title Exsurge Domine is translated into English as Arise, O Lord.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57349540-281/sopa-opponents-may-go-nuclear-and-other-2012-predictions/
SOPA opponents may go nuclear and other 2012 predictions

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-whats-coming-in-2012-the-content-industry-strikes-back/
What’s Coming In 2012: The Content Industry Strikes Back

http://www.miller-mccune.com/politics/sopa-debate-highlights-congresss-ignorance-38666/
SOPA Debate Highlights Congress’s Ignorance

I thought it was strange that GoDaddy called a few days ago.The woman said I had just renewed the website and asked me about the Domain name and if I wanted to move it to them.I said no.

I was not there.........i am not a Professor of History...but it seems to me that we are at the same point as the American Colonists were when the King was infringing on the liberties of the Colonists. HMMMMMMMMMMM